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Applications will be accepted from all groups of qualified individuals.

JOB SUMMARY:

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has a distinguished history dating back to the founding of our nation. As the steward of U.S. economic and financial systems, Treasury is a major and influential leader in today's global economy. We have over 100,000 employees across the country and around the world. Come Join the Department of the Treasury and Invest in Tomorrow.

The Bureau of the Public Debt and the Financial Management Service consolidated into a single organization named the Bureau of the Fiscal Service on October 7, 2012. The Bureau of the Fiscal Service promotes the financial integrity and operational efficiency of the U.S. government through exceptional accounting, financing, collections, payments, and shared services. This position is currently located in the Office of Financing (OF) and will be impacted by Phase I of the consolidation. In the future state structure of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, this position will become part of the new Treasury Securities Services. This Senior Executive Service position will serve as the Deputy Assistant Commissioner and will be responsible for the operations of the Treasury Securities Services (TSS).

The mission of the TSS is to effectively finance the Government at the lowest possible cost over time and provide policy direction, guidance, and leadership for Treasury's marketable financing and commercial book-entry programs as well as Treasury's marketable and savings securities offered directly to the public.

The incumbent supports the Assistant Commissioner in the role as principal advisor to the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, the Commissioner, and other management officials in connection with debt financing activities and works closely with the Assistant Commissioner on all aspects relating to the issuance and servicing of Treasury marketable and savings securities. The incumbent must also:

Champion the work of the organization by integrating products and services into the Treasury Securities Services’ overall business strategies, plans, and objectives;

Develop and coordinate operational, tactical, and strategic plans;

Align work to integrate programmatic changes and redirects resources to ensure overall program coverage and continuous professional development of staff;

Provide leadership direction in developing and implementing tactical and strategic plans and business processes to accomplish these objectives and evaluate the results through the development of measurable performance goals and benchmarks; and

Participate in issues of bureau-wide significance, including planning, policy and management issues and the development, issuance and implementation of new policies, regulations and procedures.

Key Information:

Veterans' preference does not apply in the Senior Executive Service.

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DUTIES:

Creates and implements flexible and supportive work practices and policies to help managers and employees balance work life. Promotes team-building and cross-functional training and experience to create a work environment commensurate with a high performance, world-class organization.

Oversees projects of the Office, Bureau, or the Treasury. Projects run the range from politically sensitive projects such as introducing a new type of security to projects that modify computer systems or processes used to conduct operations.

Oversees the analysis and implementation that lead to improvements of the various operations under the incumbent’s purview in Treasury Securities Services or Federal Reserve Banks to ensure that the processes and systems used to conduct financing operations are efficient, current, comprehensive, and most importantly produce 100% accurate results in a timely manner.

Attends meetings with Bureau, Departmental and Federal Reserve System officials for the purpose of advising on study findings; attempting to resolve differences of opinion, practice and interpretation; representing formal briefings; and making tentative commitments as to course of action by the Office, subject to approval of the Assistant Commissioner.

Establishes and maintains a close working relationship with Departmental offices, particularly the Offices of Domestic Finance, Financial Markets, Fiscal Assistant Secretary and Fiscal Projections; the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Wholesale Payments Product Office.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

All applicants must meet the qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

As a basic requirement, applicants must demonstrate progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level managerial capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Technical Qualifications (TQs). Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations. Failure to meet this basic qualification requirement will disqualify the applicant.

Evidence must be provided that clearly demonstrates the applicant has the necessary level of executive potential, skills, abilities, specialized knowledge, and technical qualifications to perform as a SES executive. This evidence must include clear, concise examples that emphasize the applicant’s level of responsibilities, scope and complexity of assignments, program accomplishments, policy initiatives, and long-range planning.

The best qualified candidates will be determined by assessing experience, education, awards, performance appraisals, and supervisory evaluations for this position. These assessments will be made against the ECQs and technical qualifications.

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): The ECQs describe the leadership skills needed to succeed in the SES and provide the focus for OPM certification of executive qualifications.

ECQ 1 - Leading Change - The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Competencies: creativity and innovation, external awareness, flexibility, resilience, strategic thinking, vision.

ECQ 2 - Leading People - The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Competencies: conflict management, leveraging diversity, developing others, team building.

ECQ 5 - Building Coalitions - The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Competencies: partnering, influencing/negotiating

Fundamental Competencies – Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Written Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation are cross-cutting and provide the foundation for success in each ECQ.

Additional Information about the ECQs can be found on the OPM SES website at www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/ecq.asp. For each ECQ, it is recommended that you provide at least one example of your qualifications using the Challenge, Context, Action, and Result model described on the above website.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS: The following qualifications are required for the incumbent to perform the duties of the position. You must demonstrate all of the technical qualifications to be rated eligible for this position.

TQ 1: Extensive experience managing a complex financial management program that requires "hands-on" management attention and is dependent on automation to accomplish time-critical business objectives.

TQ 3:Experience in using values to improve personal and organizational effectiveness.

TQ 4: Experience providing leadership in an environment that requires understanding of organizational dynamics including interplay between policy and operations.

Career applicants currently in the SES, former career SES appointees who are eligible for career reinstatement in the SES, or graduates of an SES Candidate Development Program who have been certified by OPM must address the technical competencies, but need not address the ECQs.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

Your resume and responses to the online questions are an integral part of the process for evaluating your basic qualifications for this SES position. We recommend that you emphasize your level of responsibility, the scope and complexity of programs managed, and program accomplishments (including the results of your actions) in your resume, question responses, and any other materials you provide. Although you are not required to provide a separate narrative statement addressing each of the ECQs and Technical Qualifications, you are welcome to do so. Candidates who choose to provide the optional narrative statements should include clear and concise examples of activities or tasks that show the scope and quality of accomplishments pertaining to specific qualification requirements.

Initial review of your application will be conducted by a Human Resources Specialist to determine if you meet the eligibility and qualification requirements of this position. Applicants who meet these mandatory requirements will be considered minimally qualified and will be evaluated by a panel of senior executives to determine the best qualified candidates.

We recommend that you preview the online questions for this announcement before you start the application process.

BENEFITS:

We offer a workplace that is respectful, fair, and values diversity. Our comprehensive benefits are very generous - helping you to reach your personal goals by supporting your professional growth, health, well-being, and your family needs. Our benefits package includes:

OTHER INFORMATION:

All initial appointments to an SES position are contingent on approval from OPM’s Qualifications Review Board.

This position is critical sensitive. Selectee will be required to complete a Questionnaire for Sensitive Positions, SF-86, for a pre-appointment full-field background investigation.

Factors such as cost effectiveness, labor market conditions and difficulties in filling the position will be reviewed in determining if payment of relocation expenses is in the best interest of the Government.

In accordance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, the selectee(s) must be eligible to receive a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credential. If selected, you must:

Present 2 acceptable, authentic “identity source documents,” at least one of which is a valid Federal or State government issued picture ID (for a list of identity source documents, visit http://www.osec.doc.gov/osy/HSPD12/PDF/i-9.pdf);

Receive a favorable background check; and

Maintain eligibility for a PIV credential during your employment with the Bureau of Public Debt as described by #1 and #2 above.

In order to comply with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reporting requirements, the Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) is asking applicants to complete the Race and National Origin (RNO) information during the application process. This information will be kept confidential and anonymous, and will only be used for demographic reporting purposes.

HOW TO APPLY:

A complete on-line application will require the submission of the following: resume, responses to the mandatory ECQ and TQ questions, and supporting documentation (see list of required and recommended documents below).

The following instructions outline the application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing date. Treasury provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us if you require this for any part of the application and hiring process.

Step 1 - Create or Upload a resume with USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov) - We suggest you go to the end of the Qualifications & Evaluation section of the job announcement to preview the online questions that you will answer in Step 3. You may need to customize your resume to ensure that it supports your responses to these questions. For more resume tips click here. - You may create a resume in USAJOBS or upload one of your own choosing. Although you must enter your Social Security Number (SSN) for USAJOBS, we will only see the last four digits for identification purposes.

Step 2 - Apply Online Click the "Apply Online" link of this announcement and then select the resume you wish to submit with your application. You will be redirected to the Department of the Treasury's CareerConnector website to complete the application process.

Step 3 - Answer the Online Questions and Submit Your Online Application If this is your first time on Treasury's CareerConnector website, you will be prompted to register by answering questions related to your eligibility for Federal employment. The system will save these responses and take you back to the main screen so that you can answer the job-specific questions. Select "Take me to the assessment" and click on the "Continue" button to answer the job-specific questions. We recommend you type your responses into a word processing document first and then copy and paste them into the text boxes for each ECQ or Technical Qualification response.

You must answer all the questions and click the "Finished" button.

Step 4 - Review and Confirm Your Submission You will now have the option to upload a document or print fax cover-sheets for your required documents (see step 5 for details). Once you click "Done," you will see a summary of your application for your review. You may also print a copy for your records. When you click "Finished" at the bottom of the page, you will then be directed back to USAJOBS where you can confirm that your application has been submitted and track your application status.

Step 5 - Submit Required Documents You can submit any required documents (discussed below) by document upload, email, or fax. Whichever method you choose, please include the job announcement number with your documents. To protect your privacy, we encourage you to remove your SSN from any documents that you submit.

Document Upload: You may upload supporting documents in one of two ways: 1. Once you finish answering the questions in the job announcement, you will be prompted to upload your document(s) to your application. You will be given the choice to either upload the document as part of the application process or you can select a document that you've already loaded on USAJOBS. or 2. You can upload a document to an existing application by logging into your USAJOBS account profile. Click on "My Applications" and search for the vacancy. Once you've located the vacancy, click on the vacancy and select "Apply Online." Move through your existing application to the Documents page and select Upload in order to add a document to your application. Be certain to review your complete application for confirmation that the document uploaded. In the Application Review section, you may verify acceptance of your documents in CareerConnector if you see them listed on the "Vacancy Documents" screen. Then, click on "Finished" to be returned to USAJOBS.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

ALL APPLICANTS (REQUIRED):

* If you successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program (CDP), you must submit a copy of your Qualifications Review Board certification.

* If you are a current, retired, or former Federal employee, you must submit a copy of your most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, for verification of current or prior Federal employment status, if applicable.

Recommended Documents: In addition, we recommend that you submit the following:

* A copy of your college transcripts or a list of college courses, if applicable;

* A copy of your most recent supervisory appraisal of performance; and

* A list of awards received while employed with the Federal Government.

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:

You may check the status of your application for this position at any time by logging onto the USAJOBS "My Account" tab and clicking on "Application Status." Please notify us if your contact information changes after the closing date of the announcement. Also, note that if you provide an email address that is inaccurate, or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communication that could affect your consideration for this position.